Indian shares ended lower on Wednesday dragged largely by bank, pharma, IT and auto sectors, in line with Asian peers as worries over the US-China trade tariff wars resurfaced.

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Closer at home, slowdown risk backed by dwindling auto sales ahead of the release of key macro-economic data on inflation and industrial growth kept investors jittery.

The BSE Sensex ended 193 points lower at 39,756.81, while the NSE Nifty50 shed 59 points to settle at 11,906.

Both the Nifty MidCap and the BSE MidCap index slid 0.79 percent each, while Bank Nifty declined almost a percent. The BSE SmallCap was down 0.48 percent.

Only 4 sectors advanced led by BSE Metal, while Nifty Realty, BSE Telecom, BSE Auto fell the most among 39 declining sectors.

Tata Steel, GAIL, ONGC, Britannia, Vedanta, Sun Pharma, TCS gained by up to 2.71 percent.

Among top index losers, Indiabulls Housing Finance dipped 8 percent, Bharti Infratel 3.5 percent, Yes Bank 3.5 percent, Tech Mahindra and Maruti Suzuki 1.86 percent each.

Kotak Mahindra, Hero MotoCorp and Bajaj Auto fell between 1 and 2 percent.